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Jacky56Lin Posted 14 years ago
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How long did you spend eating your lunch today? help please

Hi Teachers ! Do those mean same thought? or any comments?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>"How long did you spend eating your lunch today?" v.s "How long did it take you to eat your lunch today?"
  

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s "How long did it take you to eat your lunch today? Hi Jacky56Lin, Neither sounds right to me. " Or, a very common question: " What time do you normally take lunch ?

— Dimsumexpress

  • s "How long did it take you to eat your lunch today?
  • Hi Jacky56Lin, Neither sounds right to me.
  • " Or, a very common question: " What time do you normally take lunch ?
  • " Eating lunch " is not a natural speech pattern.
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Jacky56Lin"How long did you spend eating your lunch today?" v.s "How long did it take you to eat your lunch today?
Hi Jacky56Lin,
Neither sounds right to me. In natural utterance, we'd say: " how long / [ how much time] did you spend at lunch today?"
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Thank you very much dimsumexpress! I have it corrected. Do those mean same meanings? any comments? .>>"How long did you spend taking lunch today?" v.s "How long did it take you to take lunch today?"
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Jacky56Lin"How long did you spend taking lunch today?"
v.s "How long did it take you to take lunch today?"
Sometimes questions like these really make me pull my hair....
One may consider these two unusual sentences the same. But you will never hear a native making such utterance.
You may use one of these relative patterns:
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its over long time ago...dear.
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